Pneumatic toy gun



Aug. 11, 1931. w. J. MCCANN 1,818,264

I PNEUMATIC TOY GUN Filed Aug. 2'7, 1930 l/V Vbf/V 70/6 WILLIAM J. m camv.

Patented Aug. 11, 1931 UNITED STATES WILLIAM J. MCCANN, or LAKEwoon. oaro.

PNEUMATIC TOY eon Application filed August 27, 1930. Serial No. 478,043.

This invention relates to pneumatic toy guns and it has for its purpose to provide an improved device of this type, a gun that will be safe in the hands of a child and which in its general make-up has all the characteris tics of a real gun. The gun is of simple construction and can be manufactured at a very low cost, it operates with a roll or ribbon of paper thereby making it inexpensive to opit crate. The invention embodies several new and novel features, particularly with respect to the operating lever arrangement and the means employed for properly feeding and guiding the ammunition paper. The above 5 named and other features and advantages of the invention will more fully appear from the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a gun conil structed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the gun; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 1 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 6 is another section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the improved pneumatic toy gun comprises a forearm casing 8, stock 9 and barrel 10. The

casing 8 consists preferably of a stamped sheet metal which is bent around barrel 10 and held firmly by screw or bolt 18. Within the barrel 10 is a piston 11 which may be of any size or suitable construction and is shown 5 as having a washer 14 backed by a washer 13, held firmly by washer 15 and bolt 16 which is securely fastened to sliding handle block or repeater 12, having for its action the compressing of air in the barrel '10. A plug 17 of either wood or metal tapered at the end is inserted in the barrel thereby causing a perfect fit between paper and material on operating lever 19.

The lever 19 is preferably of stamped sheet metal and a piece of rubber, cork or like material 20 is fastened on the lever by means of prongs 21 stamped from the lever. The trigger has an opening 50 in line with the barrel. The rubber or cork 20 extends slightly over prongs 21, as shown in Fig. 6, thus resulting in a'doubly sure connection of-paper ribbon between-wire and rubber. A guard 22- is stamped on the lever behind the opening. 23 designates a wire fastened in slots in thelever and has for itspurpose the guiding, feeding, holding and releasing the paper ribbon. 24 'is-a splitipin through which paperribbon is fed and this pin is compressed in its center thereby preventing the paper ribbonfrom back-slipping. 25 is a pin which holds-lever '19 in place. 26 is a thumb screw which hold-s paper ribbon 28 and plate 27 in place. The sighter 29' is bent from same material as thecasing '8' and has for itspurpose to press wire 23 to the lever. 30 designates an angle cut in the stock 9 which helps to release paper ribbon 28. 31 is another angle cut in the stock 9 serving as a guide for release of paper ribbon 28 under wire on lever. 32 are screws for securing casing 8 7 to stock 9.

The operation of the gun is as follows: To load the gun the plate 27'isremoved by unscrewing thumb-screw 26, plate 27 is then inserted in split pin 21 on outside of gun 7- forcing split pin to open. This split pin extends slightly out of casing 8 as shown in Fig. 5'. The split pin 24 also holds plate 27 when thumb-screw 26 is tightened. The end of'paper ribbon is then inserted through split 8 pin 24 and up over levert-hrough wire The roll of paper ribbon 28 is then put in place and the'plate 27 is fastened by means of the thumb screw. Pulling the lever 19' back with the finger the paperis pressed between rubber or cork 20 and plug 17 resulting in a perfect contact. The wire 23 is also pressed firmly, in thesame operation, against" paper ribbon 28 by means of sighter 29. causing the paper ribbon to be held firmly. The gun is thenready to be fired.

The repeater 12 is-then pushed forward causing the piston 11 to move forward, the screws 40 sliding in a slot 41 cut in the bottom of barrel 10. With the finger held 0 the lever the repeater 12 is then pulled bacl with a quick movement thereby compressin the air within the barrel, and this compressio of air will cause that portion of the pape ribbon 28 arranged in alinement with the plu 17 and the opening in the lever 19 to be punctured and producing a loud report.

To reload for the next shot the lever 19 is moved forward thereby causing the paper rib- 5 bon 28, securely fastened under the wire, to be pulled through split pin 24 and wire 23, when it strikes the angle 31 on the gun stock causing wire to slide forward through slots in lever and allowing the paper ribbon to slide freely. The lever is then pulled back and the paper slides through the wire catch striking angle portion 30 on stock 9 causing the paper ribbon to move upward to close the rear end of the barrel.

A number of successive shots may be produced at short intervals depending upon the speed and dexterity of the operator.

\Vhile the construction and arrangement of parts have been described more or less specifically, it is to be understood that obvious modifications may be made as come Within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim: 1. A gun of the kind described, having a barrel, and an operating lever arranged to hold a piece of paper against the rear end of the barrel, the lever having an opening in line with that of the barrel, the lever having a guard projecting behind said opening.

2. A gun of the kind described, having a barrel, and an operating lever arranged to hold a piece of paper against the rear end of the barrel, the lever having an opening in line with that of the barrel, the lever being provided with means to feed paper across said opening at each operation.

3. A gun of the kind described, having a barrel, and an operating lever arranged to hold a piece of paper against the rear end of the barrel, the lever having an opening in line with that of the barrel, the lever being provided with an automatically operated catch to engage and release the paper as the lever is operated.

4. In a toy gun, the combination of a barrel, casing and stock, means to hold a roll of paper in the casing, a lever provided with means to feed the paper from the roll across the breach of the barrel at each operation, and means to compress air in the barrel to rupture the paper, the means to feed the paper comprising a catch mounted on the lever and rranged to strike the stock and be released vhen the lever is swung back.

In testimony whereof, I do affix my signa' ure.

lVILLIAM J. MCCANN. 

